St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05
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The biggest man in congress is RepreSen-
tatiye George L. Barnes, of Augusta, Ga.
He tips the beam at a tritle over 800 pounds
and is one Of the most popular men in the
state. His constituency is proud of him.
and he will probably remain in congress as
long as he wants to.
Uncle Elijah Beltiower of Dawson, Ga,
failed to attend a recent meeting OF the
Masonic lodge and the members were so
surprised at his absence that committee
was sent out to see if he was i'll. This was
the second time in forty eight years that Mr..
Believer had missed meeting
In the lower part of C9tfee county, Ga,
lives Stafford Davis, relative of the eX-
president of the Southern COnfederacy,
who IS now 106 years old. lie served
through the war of 1912 anu the Mexican
war; bnt has never received pension for
his services and has never asked for one.
When 80 years of age he married Miss
Lot and now has children, grandchildren
and great-grandchildre to the number of
2T5. In 1872 his wife died after sixty years
of married life, and recently he led to the
altar blushing bride of SO summers. Mr.
Davis has been strong and hearty until this
year. but is now quite feeble.
Perhaps the smallest man Of his age now
living is James HOag, of Cedar Springs.
Mich. He was born IN 1915, and was one
OF the smallest babies known, weighing
only nine ounces. He now weighs but
seventy-siX pounds. and is only fortv-1ive
inches in height. One of the largest men
of modern times was Samuel Murtitt. who
died in England a few weeks ago. He was
six feet one inch high, and weighed $50
pounds The grth of his waist was nearly
ten feet and it took tape-line twenty
inches long to encompass the calf Of his
leg. No hearse could be found large
enough to carry his body, and it look
twenty men to lift the coffin through the
window to the open wagon. He was a
native OF Wilmington, Cambridgeshire,
and was 55 years old.
John Upton, a SeXagenarian resident of
Taylor county, Illinois. has just begun the
study OF Greek. His life has been one of
lnceSsant toll on farm, with scant oppor-
tunities for study, but every year he put
aside small sum out OF his earnings, and
thinks he has now enough to keep him in
comfort for the rest of his days. He never
went to school in his boyhood, and did not
learn to read and write until we'll on in
life.
Washington county. Pennsylvania, has a
veteran OF three wars in Isham White, who
says that he was born in Southern Georgia
i'll 1776. He was one of those who fought
behind the cotton bales under Gen.
Jackson at New Orleans, and thinks
it was a bullet from his musket that
killed Gen. Packenham, the COM
mander of the British forces on that occa-
sion. He served against the Indians in
Florida in 1886, and was volunteer under
Gen. Winfield Scott in Mexico. His love
for 'Old Hickory" amounts almost to rev.
erence, and he says that he votes for him at
every presidential election.
The shortest reigning monarch is tie en-
peror of China. who is only feet high.
Emperor William, of Germany, is the tall
est, being just feet in height. Prince a l.
bert. OF Germany, nephew of the emperor,
is feet inches high, and the emperor of
Russia feet IL inches. The tallest man
among Eastern nations is Chang. the Chi
nese giant, who is z feet inches high.
The tallest European is Winckelmeier. a
young Austrian, who measures feet 9
inches in stature.